Birds of Brazil

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Cranioleuca (8 species, 20 worldwide)


Tepui Spinetail
Tepui Spinetail (Cranioleuca demissa demissa)
Monte Roraima, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by J. A. Jacomelli     Copyright and usage info


Scaled Spinetail
Scaled Spinetail (Cranioleuca muelleri) ENDEMIC
Mazagão, Amapá, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Guto Balieiro     Copyright and usage info


Olive Spinetail
Olive Spinetail (Cranioleuca obsoleta)
Curitiba, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Pallid Spinetail
Pallid Spinetail (Cranioleuca pallida) ENDEMIC
National Park da Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-crowned Spinetail
Stripe-crowned Spinetail (Cranioleuca pyrrhophia pyrrhophia)
Islas del Ibicuy,, Entre Rios, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-headed Spinetail
Grey-headed Spinetail (Cranioleuca semicinerea) ENDEMIC
Geossítio Ponte de Pedra, Nova Olinda, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.



Parker's Spinetail
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in tall grass on river islands in large rivers in the Amazon, often with the White-bellied Spinetail. Note dark sides compared to Red-and-white Spinetail
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Rusty-backed Spinetail
Rusty-backed Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpina vulpina)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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